One soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed and two were wounded in the ATO zone in Donbas over the past 24 hours, speaker of the Defense Ministry on ATO Oleksandr Motuzianyk has stated.

"One soldier was killed and two were wounded over the past 24 hours," he said at a briefing in Kyiv.

"One serviceman was killed and another was wounded when the adversary shelled Avdiyivka's industrial zone. Another was wounded in a strike in Donetsk region," Motuzianyk said in comments to Interfax-Ukraine.

Militant forces continue to shell Stanytsia Luhanska and Popasna district in Luhansk region, he said. Armored hardware weapons and small arms have been used. A total of nine shelling instances have been recorded in Luhansk region.

Eight strikes on Ukrainian army positions have been recorded in Donetsk region. Militant forces shelled the Novhorodske-Avdiyivka sector, Motuzianyk said. The militants fired armored hardware weapons in Novhorodske, and mortars were used in Avdiyivka.

Armed provocations were recorded in Maryinka, Starohnativka and at the Talakivka-Shyrokyne frontline sector near the city of Mariupol, he said.